I never understood when they retitled the original one, A New Hope. What is it referring to; what is the hope that they are talking about? Who was hoping for what?
I’m sorry I’m not a staunch Star Wars fan, but have enjoyed seeing them.
The only thing I can think of is that Ben One Obi Kenobe came out of recluse and returned to being a Jedi...
“I never understood when they retitled the original one, A New Hope. What is it referring to; what is the hope that they are talking about? Who was hoping for what?
I’m sorry I’m not a staunch Star Wars fan, but have enjoyed seeing them.”
The *previous* “hope” had crashed and burned. Badly. With much flame. There were always rumors and allusions to things that happen before the events of Star Wars. The Clone Wars, the war between the Mandelorians and the Jedi. And that one galactic jerk, Darth Vader, cruising around the galaxy murdering every Jedi he could find.
Fan club newsletters and stuff dropped lots of hints, but almost all of it got thrown away, and ol George Lucas just made his prequels from whole cloth. The “old hope” had been Luke’s father, Anakin. He was supposed to have been the guy who would save everybody, but he ended up changing sides.
The last I’d heard, the first prequel would’ve featured Luke’s birth, but that was (using my fingers to count the years), 30-some odd years ago.